Duarte Municipal Code Ch. 2.20 Planning and Economic Development Commission

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, adopted December 13, 2022, amended the title of Chapter 2.20 to read as herein set out. The former Chapter 2.20 title pertained to planning commission.

A planning and economic development commission for the city is created, which shall be known as the Planning and Economic Development Commission of the City of Duarte.

(Ord. 799 § 1 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

The commission shall hold a regular meeting on the third Monday of each month at seven p.m. at the Duarte Community Center or such other location as may be permitted by law. If and as needed from time to time, the commission shall adjourn a regular meeting to a date and time certain, and on such specified date and time hold an adjourned regular meeting which, except as the planning commission may otherwise determine, shall be held on the first Monday of the following month at seven p.m. at the Duarte Community Center. The commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, decisions, findings, and determinations. Minutes of the commission meetings shall be maintained by the city staff person assigned by the city manager as the staff liaison to the commission.

(Ord. 799 § 1 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65100, the city council hereby assigns the functions of the planning agency to the commission. The commission shall carry out those duties and functions of a planning agency under state law, duties and functions as may be provided in Title 19 of this code and in Section 2.30.100 of this code. The commission shall provide advice and make recommendations to the city council and staff on economic development matters and such other duties and functions as may be provided by ordinance, resolution, or direction of the Council, or by law.

(Ord. 799 § 1 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

The commission consists of five members. Notwithstanding the fixed terms of office called for hereinafter, members of the commission shall serve at the pleasure of the city council.

Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of four years commencing on March 1 st of odd years and terminating on the fourth occurring February 28 thereafter.

Commissioners whose current, existing terms end on December 31, 2024, shall have their terms extended to terminate on February 28, 2025.

If the term of a commissioner commences after March 1 st , the term shall be adjusted to a lesser period of time such that the end of the term shall occur on the fourth occurring February 28 th after the March 1 st when the term normally would have commenced. Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, the city council may make appointments to the commission for terms of lesser periods of time than the terms otherwise applicable to a particular appointment.

(Ord. 799 § 1 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 835, § 1, 3-27-2012; Ord. No. 906, § 2, 1-25-2022; Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)

To be eligible for appointment as a member of the commission, the candidate must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be a resident of the city;

(b) Have no felony convictions; and

(c) File a city application, which shall include a written statement of not more than two hundred words describing background, qualifications, and objectives in serving as a member of the commission. A resume may supplement the written statement.

(Ord. 799 § 1 (part), 2008)

(Ord. No. 913, Exh. A, 12-13-2022; Ord. No. 923, Exh. A, 9-24-2024)